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Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl by Danny Cooke

Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl – A haunting look of these abandoned places filmed by Danny Cooke.

Whilst working for CBS News on a ’60 Minutes’ episode, freelance filmmaker Danny Cooke had the opportunity to capture some haunting footage of Chernobyl and Pripyat.

Chernobyl’s nuclear disaster in 1986 had an effect on so many people also hundreds and thousands of miles away. Also today, the immediate region is still a contaminated area and by far not a safe place for filming. Armed with a camera and a dosimeter geiger counter, Danny Cooke explored these abandoned places. Together with his guide Yevgen, he spent one week exploring Chernobyl and the nearby abandoned city of Pripyat.

Below you can see some stills and a video that features a compilation of his amazing footage. The used soundtrack is called ‘Promise land’ by Hannah Miller.

Drone flight above a shipwreck.

An old dilapidated building.

Old abandoned buildings from Soviet era.

A dilapidated indoor swimming pool.

Still from the short film Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl.

Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl by Danny Cooke.

Footage from a production for CBS News on a ’60 Minutes’ episode which aired on Nov. 23, 2014.

About the author, Dirk Petzold. Dirk is the owner and founder of WE AND THE COLOR. With great experience working as a graphic designer, illustrator, and creative director, his aim ist to show creative ideas and outstanding design solutions developed by creative minds from around the globe and from different fields such as design, art, photography, architecture, filmmaking, etc...